November 2008 MR2 Showcase

[metheores]

Originally Posted by RST

....but W.T. holy F. -a VT(can't bring myself to finish that word) engine. Don't you know Toyota built a VVT-i engine which is supposedley better?

I think he might have been referring to the BEAMS

Although aftermarket availability for it, it's really minimal.

[RST]

I'll give you a second shot at that one mate. LoL

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Though I have to admit -over here anyway there's allot of stuff available for the K20 engines.

[metheores]

I was right

[AndrewMcG]

In that case, the answer is still probably very similar. I don't know much about the BEAMS, but the availability of parts and aftermarket is actually much more available for the 2zz than for the beams motor in the U.S.A. Therefore, the availability for the k20a far exceeds that of any BEAMS products I would find here. Also, what tranny do they come with? As far as I know, the BEAMS would probably use the same tranny as the 2zz(although I don't know that). Once again, I don't know much about the beams motor, but I imagine the k20a still has more bolt on potential than the beams.

What tranny does the Beams mate up to?

[conor]

Sweet! I Had no idea you were building one of these! Is this the magazine car from a few months ago?

And what's the axle solution? Custom/Honda inner, Toyota outer?

[PHOENIX]

Andrew, All sw20 Transmissions will work. The preferred of course is the stock Beams '99 transmission with LSD, but lots of people have used USDM transmissions on theirs.

I am using a gen 4 Turbo Trans.

[mattdouken]

Dude that is a sick ride.but honda in a yota,i understand the reason for the swap and the engine....but come on thats like being the smartest kid with down sydrome...but still..to each there own..Congrats.(fu**ing hondas)